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yadm
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Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
Everyone hand-rolls their own dotfile management system, but YADM already does everything you need:
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System settings that aren’t in System Settings
I wonder if the program i use to manage my dotfiles could help manage your scripts and extend your setup to all your desktops? Its called yadm (https://yadm.io/) it makes it so easy to have a laptop and a desktop or two.
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Just got a new M2 Pro after my 2016 became outdated. What are your first steps to setting up a new computer?
If you haven’t already, this is the time to install a tool like yadm and get your computer configuration into version control. Your command-line tools can be managed by yadm directly, your system settings can mostly be managed with a yadm bootstrap script that runs things like defaults write, and the software you install can be managed with a Brewfile that the yadm bootstrap script uses to install software with Homebrew. Don’t manually download Xcode, use xcodes to do it.
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System 76 Linux script to set up a new PC including the personal profile and prefered software installs
I personally use YADM. It's basically a git repo on my home folder, that only tracks what I explicitly set. And you can setup bootstraps to do what you said, install a bunch of stuff or make custom changes. In it's essence, it's a set of bash/sh files that are executed sequentially when you launch the yadm bootstrap command.
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Git Aliases - My way of learning Git
I'm not yet a Git Wizard yet, you'll find me being very sloppy with my commits as I'm learning it. But you can see me editing my config files very frequently. To copy-paste from the website of yadm.io:
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Setup a backup system if you haven’t done it yet
Checkout yadm or chezmoi. They work great.
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The best way of tracking dotfiles I ever saw.
I currently use yadm and love it.
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Dotfiles Management
I very recently put some effort into tidying up my dotfiles, and have a brief writeup at https://chatwithsysop.com/blog/2022/12/31/dotfiles-cleanup (none of this was done with the academic rigor required to withstand a deconstruction by HN, it is just a log of one person's experience with a weekend project).
I chose to use yadm (http://yadm.io) for no particular reasons beyond that I found it first, and it seemed reasonable. It's more just a wrapper around putting GIT_DIR elsewhere.
YADM[0] is another great tool for this very purpose which I've been using for years in combination with homebrew to setup any new (Mac) machine that I get and have everything from dotfiles to Applications installed in no time.
[0] https://yadm.io
homeshick
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Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
I have a work mac, work linux, and home mac. I want the same terminal-based development environment on all of them, but each requires just a little bit of customization.
For example, the .gitconfig for work is different from home (e.g. my username/email). Ditto for my .ssh/config and my shell aliases.
I also use Nix to manage all my tools, and the home-manager configuration is slightly different between mac & linux due to platform support.
I've gone through a few iterations of home-built solutions, including extending homeshick[1], before discovering YADM which implemented everything I had done but better.
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How do you manage your shell scripts?
I do roughly the same and then manage them with 'homeshick' ( https://github.com/andsens/homeshick )
- Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
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Ask HN: How do you sync your computers development configurations/environment?
Homeshick for dotfiles: https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
Docker for Obsidian and Alfred syncing - the three target limit on the free tier is just barely enough for 2 of my own computers and my work laptop.
I've also got a Brewfile for installing the basic tooling on macOS
I also have a "how to set up a new computer/server" document on Notion that I use so I don't forget any steps.
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Fish Shell 3.2.0 Released
This is the exact reason I use Fish. The only thing I _need_ to get installed on random servers is Fish itself.
No need to install and configure oh-my-$shell or other huge monstrosities. Most of my stuff comes from a simple homeshick[1] sync with a few files in it.
What are some alternatives?
GNU Stow - GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches
chezmoi - Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
homesick - Your home directory is your castle. Don't leave your dotfiles behind.
Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
rcm - rc file (dotfile) management
git-submodules - Git Submodule alternative with equivalent features, but easier to use and maintain.
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